Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
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| Krimmel, John Lewis | 
John Lewis Krimmel (May 30, 1786-July 15, 1821), sometimes called "the American Hogarth" was America's first painter of genre scenes. Born in Germany, he emigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 and soon became a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Initially influenced by Scotland's David Wilkie, England's William Hogarth and America's... | 1787 - 1821 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
| Koehler, Robert |
Robert
Koehler (November 28, 1850 - April 23, 1917) was a German-born painter and art
teacher who spent most of his career in the United States of America.
Biography
Koehler was
born in Hamburg; his family spelled their name Köhler until they moved to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1854. There he attended the historic German-English
Academy. He... | 1850 - 1917 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Kilburn, Lawrence | 1720 - 1775 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
| Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew |
Kidd was
born in 1808, perhaps in Edinburgh. Nothing is known of his parentage or
education, but he became a pupil of the Reverend John Thomson of Duddingston. He was a founder Associate of the Royal
Scottish Academy in 1826 and was elected a full Academician in 1829. In 1830 he
was commissioned by John James Audubon to paint copies of one hundred... | 1808 - 1889 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| King, Samuel | 1748 - 1819 | Anonymous | 04/30/2012 | |
| Kennedy, David Johnson | 1816 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/02/2012 | |
| Kuemmel, Cornelia | 1863 - 1938 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Key, John Ross |
John Ross
Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the patriotic song The
Star Spangled Banner. He was born
in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832 and studied art in Munich and Paris. He worked in a number of American cities
including Boston where he showed over 100 works in 1877. Critics praised his work as "firm
and masterly, strong... | 1832 - 1920 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Kendall, William Sergeant |
In Stones
of Venice John Ruskin wrote, "what we want art to do for us is to stay
what is fleeting . . immortalize
the things that have no duration." [1] In large part, that is what has led
Americans to rediscover the art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when artists believed that legitimate art could
be created from the... | 1869 - 1938 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Knapp, Charles W. |
Charles
Wilson Knapp was a noted landscape artist of great ability. He was born in Philadelphia in 1823 and
spent most of his life in that city.
He worked primarily in Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, the
Susquehanna River Valley, the area around the Delaware Water Gap, and the
Berkshire Mountains. He especially
enjoyed painting... | 1823 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
